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26-398: The museum collection consists of over 50,000 objects. The majority of the collection consists of handicraft and design products from Sweden and Europe and arts and crafts from Japan and China. The museum also holds a very fine collection of fashion from the 20th and 21st centuries, including many haute couture garments from Paris and other famous fashion designs from all over the world. Today,

52-693: A benchmarking report from MIT ranked Chalmers top 10 in the world of engineering education, while in 2020, the World University Research Rankings placed Chalmers 12th in the world based on the evaluation of three key research aspects, namely research multi-disciplinarity, research impact, and research cooperativeness. Additionally, in 2022 the U-Multirank characterized Chalmers as a top performing university across various indicators (i.e., teaching & learning, research, knowledge transfer and international orientation) with

78-469: A master's or PhD program. Around 2,700 students also attend Bachelor of Science engineering programmes, merchant marine and other undergraduate courses at Campus Lindholmen . Chalmers also shares some students with Gothenburg University in the joint IT University project. The IT University focuses exclusively on information technology and offers bachelor's and master's programmes with degrees issued from either Chalmers or Gothenburg University, depending on

104-624: A special exchange program agreement with National Chiao Tung University ( NCTU ) in Taiwan where the exchange students from the two universities maintain offices for, among other things, helping local students with applying and preparing for an exchange year as well as acting as representatives. Finally, Chalmers has strong partnerships with major industries such as Ericsson , Volvo , Saab AB and AstraZeneca . Each year, around 250 postgraduate degrees are awarded as well as 850 graduate degrees. About 1,000 post-graduate students attend programmes at

130-570: A trust, Röhss' donationsfond . The interest of the capital was to be used for the promotion of Gothenburg's commerce, industry or communications. The first payment, in 1911, was used for a new building for Wihelm Röhss's alma mater, the Göteborgs handelsinstitut . The institute later merged with the Hvitfeldtska gymnasiet , and the building is part of the current Hvitfeldtska campus. Wilhelm Röhss's brother, August Röhss (1836-1904) attended

156-502: Is a member of CESAER , a European association of universities of science and technology. Additionally, Chalmers has established formal agreements with three leading materials science centers: University of California, Santa Barbara , ETH Zurich and Stanford University . Within the framework of the agreements, a yearly bilateral workshop is organized, and exchange of researchers is supported. Chalmers has general exchange agreements with many European and U.S. universities and maintains

182-678: Is a member of the IDEA League network, a strategic alliance between five leading European universities of science and technology. The scope of the network is to provide the environment for students, researchers and staff to share knowledge, experience and resources. Moreover, Chalmers is a partner of the UNITECH International , an organization consisting of distinguished technical universities and multinational companies across Europe. UNITECH offers exchange programs consisting of studies as well as an integrated internship at one of

208-546: Is consistently ranked among the world's top 100 universities in engineering and technology. Chalmers coordinates the development of a Swedish quantum computer and the Graphene Flagship , a European Union research initiative to develop commercial technologies with graphene. The university is a co-founder of the CDIO Initiative , a member of the UNITECH International program, the IDEA League ,

234-713: The Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Gothenburg . Chalmers University of Technology Chalmers University of Technology ( Swedish : Chalmers tekniska högskola , commonly referred to as Chalmers ) is a private research university located in Gothenburg , Sweden. Chalmers focuses on engineering and science , but more broadly it also conducts research and offers education in shipping , architecture and management . The university has approximately 3100 employees and 10,000 students. Chalmers

260-685: The government of Sweden reorganised Chalmers into a private company ( aktiebolag ) owned by a government-controlled foundation . Chalmers is one of three universities in Sweden which are named after a person, the other two being Karolinska Institutet and Linnaeus University . Chalmers University of Technology has the following 13 departments: Furthermore, Chalmers is home to six Areas of Advance and six national competence centers in key fields such as materials, mathematical modelling, environmental science, and vehicle safety. Chalmers University of Technology's research infrastructure includes: In 2018,

286-776: The Chalmers School for Craft (now known as the Chalmers University of Technology ) and Bergsskolan , the mining school in Falun . He became his brother's business partner and was its sole owner from 1900 until its liquidation in 1902. He was a patron of several artists and museums. He donated considerable sums to the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, and a large book collection to the Gothenburg Public Library. He added 180,000 kr to

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312-750: The Nordic Five Tech, and the ENHANCE alliances as well as the EURECOM consortium and the CESAER network. Chalmers was founded in 1829 following a donation by William Chalmers , a director of the Swedish East India Company . He donated part of his fortune for the establishment of an "industrial school". The university was run as a private institution until 1937 when it became the second state-owned technical university. In 1994

338-504: The Röhsska Museum mainly collects contemporaneous material and the museum seeks to achieve a dialogue with its users on contemporary phenomena and expression. The Röhsska Museum was founded in 1904. The financial foundation was a donation from the estate of Wilhelm Röhss in 1901, and in the ensuing years, further donations were made by people including his brother, August Röhss . The original building, clad in red, hand-made brick

364-485: The Swedish government (4 to 8 seats), the departments appoint one member, the student union appoints one member and the president automatically gains one chair. Each department is led by a department head, usually a member of the faculty of that department. The faculty senate represents members of the faculty when decisions are taken. In 1937, the school moved from the city centre to the new Gibraltar Campus, named after

390-553: The booming timber industry in Norrland. Wilhelm Röhss the younger (1834-1900) attended the Göteborgs handelsinstitut (Gothenburg School of Trade). He was a city councillor in Gothenburg, a member of the board of the bank Göteborgs enskilda bank , and in several railroad companies. He was consul in Gothenburg for the city of Hamburg , and later for the German empire . Of his fortune, Wilhelm Röhss left 1,5 million Swedish kronor to

416-518: The city. 250,000 kronor were given to the establishment of the craft and design museum known at the time as Röhsska konstslöjdmuseet (now Röhsska museet för konsthantverk och design , and in English as the Röhsska Museum ). It was built at Vasagatan in central Gothenburg and opened in 1916. Another quarter of a million was used immediately for other purposes. The remaining million was left to

442-534: The corporate partners. Chalmers is also a member of the Nordic Five Tech network, a strategic alliance of the five leading technical universities in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Additionally, Chalmers is a member of the ENHANCE, an alliance of ten leading Universities of Technology. The partner institutions have a history of solid cooperation in EU programmes and joint research projects. Furthermore, Chalmers

468-639: The highest number of ‘A’ (very good) scores on the institutional level for Sweden. Finally, in 2011, the International Professional Ranking of Higher Education Institutions, which is established on the basis of the number of alumni holding a post of chief executive officer (CEO) or equivalent in one of the Fortune Global 500 companies, Chalmers ranked 38th in the world, ranking 1st in Sweden and 15th in Europe. Chalmers

494-455: The mansion which owned the grounds, where it is now located. The Lindholmen College Campus was created in the early 1990s and is located on the island Hisingen . Campus Johanneberg and Campus Lindholmen, as they are now called, are connected by bus lines. Traditions include the graduation ceremony and the Cortège procession, an annual public event. Although the official Swedish title for

520-482: The money already given by his brother for the future Röhsska Museum. He gave 350,000 kr to Gothenburg University for the establishment of three professorial chairs, one in political economy and sociology, another one in geography and ethnography, and a third in political science and statistics. August Röhss was elected an honorary member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in 1891, and was a member of

546-482: The programme. Chalmers confers honorary doctoral degrees to people outside the university who have shown great merit in their research or in society. Chalmers is an aktiebolag with 100 shares à 1,000 SEK , all of which are owned by the Chalmers University of Technology Foundation, a private foundation, which appoints the university board and the president. The foundation has its members appointed by

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572-630: The university, and many students are taking Master of Science engineering programmes and the Master of Architecture programme. Since 2007, all master's programmes are taught in English for both national and international students. This was a result of the adaptation to the Bologna process that started in 2004 at Chalmers (as the first technical university in Sweden). Currently, about 10% of all students at Chalmers come from countries outside Sweden to enrol in

598-588: Was a book dealer. He had three sons who settled in Gothenburg; the most important of these was Wilhelm August Fredrik Röhss (1796-1858), who started his career as a pharmacist but changed his occupation to trade with Scandinavia. He settled in Gothenburg in 1827, where he helped the merchant Johan Gabriel Grönwall in establishing a dyeing plant at the river Mölndalsån. Röhss married Grönwall's granddaughter in 1831. After Grönwall retired in 1839, Röhss took over his trade and shipping business, in addition to other businesses. After his death in 1858, Wilhelm Röhss's business

624-471: Was appointed as the new Museum Director. Textile specialist Vivi Sylwan was head of the museum's textile department from 1914 to 1941. Wilhelm R%C3%B6hss Röhss was a family of merchants in the city of Gothenburg , Sweden , noteworthy through their significant donations to several local and national institutions. The family originates in Schleswig , where Johan Gottlob Röhss (1766-1842)

650-608: Was designed by architect Carl Westman in the National Romantic style . In 1916 the museum was opened to the public. The museum's first curator was Axel Nilsson  [ sv ] , who also participated in the construction of the museum. The curators that succeeded him were Gustaf Munthe in 1924, Göran Axel-Nilsson in 1946, Jan Brunius in 1972, Christian Axel-Nilsson in 1986, Helena Dahlbäck Lutteman in 1996, Lasse Brunnström in 1998, Elsebeth Welander-Berggren in 2000 and Ted Hesselbom in 2007. In January 2013 Tom Hedqvist

676-582: Was taken over by his widow ( Carin Röhss ; 1804-1886) and two sons, Carl Wilhelm Christian Röhss ( Wilhelm Röhss the younger ; 1834-1900) and Johan August Anders Röhss (known as August ; 1836-1904). Wilhelm Röhss the elder conducted trade and shipping on a large scale and owned a brewery and factories for cotton, sugar, paper, among other things. His two sons continued the father's industrial activities, and invested in iron works in Värmland and in sawmills in

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